Worst mid-life crisis I’ve ever seen: I’m not making this up. I saw a mini-van with spinners. The fake, plastic spinners at that. What depths could this man have sunk to that he thinks the answer is to put spinners on a mini-van? Oh the humanity.

If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today there would be no Teddy Bears: I’m reading Edmund Morris’ brilliant The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. He was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for exactly one year to the day. In that one year, he completely reformed the navy’s personnel procedures, restructured naval war planning, kick-started the production of new warships that would make this country a world power, and strategically positioned the current fleet to be ready to annihilate the Spanish navy in the forthcoming Spanish-American war. All in one year. I have worked in the federal government. I know lots of people working in it now. Many of them are extremely talented. But today, it’s practically impossible to just get, for example, a federal rule written and published in one year.

This is going to be a very long election season. I just watched Campbell Brown of CNN break down the clothing choices of Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain using a telestrator.

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